Donating books to charities for children.

Donating books to charities

I'm wondering if there is a charity that I can donate these books to that will give them to kids who can't afford education in other countries or something...Does anyone know of one? I have A LOT of books to donate.

Donating books to charities for children - answer.
There are plenty of kids in this country who don't have many books. How much they'd want old ones is debatable, however. If you, who presumably love books, want to get rid of these, why would someone who hasn't had much experience with books and may not like them much want these books?

Two problems with sending them overseas.
1. High cost of shipping them
2. Ability to read English

Although I don't think the fact they are in English is a problem, that shipping could be a problem. Many churches have members who regularly go abroad on missions & they are seeking items to distribute. However, I don't know if you are prepared to sponsor the overseas shipping cost to have your books distributed. If not, you could always donate them to a charity thrift shop. You would receive satisfaction + a small tax deduction, the charity would make a little money, & folks who want the books for their children would find them affordable.

Example donating books to charities in Melbourne.

Any charity will take them but if you want do something really cool with your books go to the link below and send them on a journey!

Basically you are donating the book to the cosmos, leave it somewhere but put a tracking number on it so you can track it online throughout its journeys around the world!

Its brilliant, you can donate them after you have tagged them or, like I did leave some in a park and others I hid and listed on the page where they were hidden and within 5 days they were gone.
Donating books to charities

Charities Donations Solve Problems

Donating Books To Charities

"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act"
Bill Gates

If you think about it I know you'll agree that Bill's statement is true. Charities have used the media to make sure that we know the problems. They also show us how we can make things better for the lives of the people who need help. It's not just money either. For example, charities donations could be tinned foods or warm clothes for bitterly cold nights, or glasses to help people see. You can even donate your car to be used or sold by the charity. These are things that we don't have a use for any more but are still far too good to throw away. This way we can make a difference easily and make us feel that we are helping in a way that doesn't mean we have to give money.

If you give money to charity, do you give charity donations regularly or just when you see on the news that a disaster has happened? If you donate money to charity regularly, I expect you have already decided on what is most important to you, such as homelessness, Aids or cancer. I also expect you have discovered the tax benefits too. The tax that you have already paid on charities donations can be reclaimed by the charity. With minimum tax in the UK at 22%, that can make a big difference to how much the charities raise. If you have not filled in the forms, ask the charity for more information on how to do it.

If you are like me and you don't have a 'favourite' charity. It is a good idea to plan your budget for the year and then decide who you are going to help. Charities like the Red Cross, Oxfam, Cafod, etc. are known worldwide and are often first to arrive at disaster scenes. Then there are the charities set up as 'one offs' to help rebuild communities after disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami. Searching the Internet will help find details of those. Supporting charities donations for these last two areas means that the people who have suddenly lost everything can receive help to start again.

You might think that it is better to help with charity donations closer to home. Sometimes the best and most satisfying things to do is to be involved in fund raising at a local level. When my family was young we used to help raise money for the local school. This meant donating time as well as money or goods and as a result we made new friends. We lived in a country village and the children celebrated harvest festival by giving fresh vegetables and fruit. When the festival was over the food would be given to a local charity for the homeless.

The children have now grown up and we have moved from the village. That doesn't mean that I have stopped helping. It just means that I do it differently. I work full time now so I can't give my time easily. In recent years I have chosen two areas to support. One is cancer research as it is affecting my family. The other is children's charities, local, national and international. In this way I get the satisfaction of believing my financial help to the charities donations makes a better future.

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Donating Books To Charities